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Ava Gray is the High Priestess of the Second Plane and Celeste's boss. She is brash, rude, has a problem with authority and is generally not very priestess-like. She seems to have a good relationship with Yuki, but Ava is always fighting for her own agenda on what she perceives as "just."

Cam Seru is the current High Priest of our world. His relationship with the Shinrin family is. . . tense and confusing. He appears to have a connection with Yuki's mother. He is the father of Miyoshi Seru and the ex-husband of Mildred Beatrice Smythe.

Mildred Beatrice Smythe is the high priestess of the 1st plane, which makes her the big boss, or the "Supreme" priestess (She made that title up.) Mildred, also known as Supreme Priestess Smythe or Millie, is a cold and angry woman. She is the mother of Miyoshi Seru and Cam Seru's ex-wife.

Chapter 07 Pg 16 – For the Shinrins

See, she wants that. Then she can leave and not end up teaching his kid. Now the worst fate imaginable is to have someone like that consigned to baby-sitting duty.

http://projectshiro.tumblr.com/ Sara

Dang… does anybody respect anybody else in this comic?

Delta-v

Possibly Reba, although that could simply be fear of her. Other than that, have you seen anyone who deserves respect?

http://www.teccomic.com/ Robert D.

Most of the characters toe the line of moral ambiguity. Aside from Bran and Celeste, no one we’ve met thus far is wholly good, or even wholly evil. They’re just people doing what people do: trying to get out ahead of those around them. Sadly, that tends to boil down to corruption and powerplays a lot. Hence the whole lack of respect thing.

Delta-v

I should have said “commands respect” instead since while Celeste, Bran, Miyoshi, Vincent, and Naomi, are good or at least good-hearted, and deserve considerate treatment, they still aren’t going to get respect from the others. It does, however, add to the humor of certain interactions. 🙂

http://projectshiro.tumblr.com/ Sara

It’s just that I haven’t been able to figure out this world’s system of government because we haven’t seen any that actually function without corruption and powerplays. @.@

http://www.teccomic.com/ Kristy M (TEC)

I wouldn’t worry too much about figuring it out just yet. It’s something we’re going to continue to be delving into for a long time. This first storyline (which ends in two chapters or so) is supposed to serve as a broad introduction to who the main players are and how they interact. We’ll see more about the government aspects in the next couple of chapters, at least the legal system anyway.

Nia

I think the question becomes “Who is next in line in her home plane for high priest/priestess?” I’m thinking Ava has a gambit